| re: That is another factor in restarting shows | |
| Posted by: ShowGoer 03:33 pm EDT 08/07/20 | |
| In reply to: re: That is another factor in restarting shows - ryhog 03:16 pm EDT 08/07/20 | |
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| “ That said, I am not worried about reassembling the troops.” The equally relevant question isn’t just about reassembling. Since a year-plus shutdown of Broadway is obviously unprecedented, I would assume that most everyone’s contracts will have lapsed in the meanwhile, and there’s no way of knowing how that will affect reopening. When the estimated closure was for only a few weeks, or a few months, I think everybody just assumed that shows would get back up and running with largely the same cast as when they closed... and I’m sure that will prove true in more cases than not. But after a year or year and a half, one has to wonder about other considerations that might come into play. Wouldn’t creative teams have the right to make sure that people still have their chops, that they’ve kept their voices in shape, that they can still dance like they did before, etc.? Isn’t there a chance that some people, obviously child or teenage performers, but also some adults, might be close to aging out of their roles? Didn’t Michael Riedel write an article only 2 or 3 weeks into the shutdown with a headline like “How Broadway Will Survive Coronavirus”, reporting discussions of limited-run stunts like Idina returning to Wicked, Lin-Manuel coming back to Hamilton, and Josh Gad or Ben Platt stepping in for the first few weeks of a Book of Mormon or Dear Evan Hansen, to help goose theatergoing tourists who might be wary of coming back to indoor theater? I imagine some might see this post as controversial and fear-mongering, and I don’t mean to imply that everyone’s job is in danger or that any shows will be holding auditions from scratch - but I do think, along with performers potentially deserting New York, that there’s potentially a lot of other factors at play here, depending on exactly how long the shutdown lasts and what the strategies are for getting up and running again (which I’m sure will vary from show to show). |
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